Recorded 1937–2025 · United States
Danielle was most popular in 1987, when 17,086 American babies were given the name — ranking #40 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,101, with 550 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 373,698 people named Danielle.
Danielle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1937, which makes it about 88 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 89 of the 89 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 373,698 American births named Danielle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 362,426 are estimated to be alive today.
550 American babies were named Danielle in 2025, ranking #1,101 that year.
Danielle is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 628 births a year, against 1,294 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Danielle is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 373,698 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 362,426 Americans named Danielle are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 31 and 45.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Hebrew · feminine of Daniel, "God is my judge"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org